The “Yar Yair Dictionary,” over 50 years in the making, comprises over 500 pages • Editor Rabbi Dr. Aharon Ben-David, who has penned nine books on the Judeo-Yemenite heritage, says project is about much more than words.

The first Hebrew/Judeo-Yemeni Arabic dictionary was recently introduced by Rabbi Dr. Aharon Ben-David, who served as its editor. The lexicon aims to offer the Hebrew equivalent for a popular North Yemeni dialect, once common in the Jewish communities of Hidan, Najran and Higra.

The “Yar Yair Dictionary,” which was compiled by the late Assaf Yair Madar-Halevy over more than 50 years, comprises over 500 pages. Madar-Halevy died in 1991 and did not live to see his life’s work published. According to Ben-David, he spent decades collecting words and phrases, many of which were nearly forgotten. His wife, Nehama, assisted him. More.

See: Israel Hayom

Subscribe to the translation news daily digest here. See more translation news.